Old Growth

“Old Growth” is the name both of a series of works, and their presentation as a series of multi-screen video installations.

In total it is a work of environmental critique and material enquiry. Marrying art and science it creatively explores the effects of resource extraction and anthropogenic climate change. It takes three vital environments that accrete over time – sedimentary rock, old growth rainforest and coral reef – and subjects images of these environments on photographic film to chemical degradation.

In this video documentation we see the work designed to play on an 8K 16-screen videowall, driven by 16 networked Brightsign players. As each screen in the wall plays at full 1080p resolution, the total resolution of the wall is 3840 X 8640px. The project has been edited in After-Effects at full resolution, and exported as 16 separate tiles.